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  • Canadian director John Greyson comes to campus for a screening of and conversation about Fig Trees, his "documentary opera" about two AIDS activists. He'll also take part in a panel discussion.
  • Quaker scholar of environmental policy Peter G. Brown '61 will be "Friend in Residence" and give a public lecture on March 21 at 6:30 p.m.

  • Lynne Butler is one of the organizers of an on-campus documentary screening, panel discussion and petition drive in support of higher education for Bahá'ís in Iran.
  • A matching grant awarded to Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Wilson has helped him add a sophisticated new piece of equipment to his lab. The portable infrared gas analyzer allows biology students to easily measure rates of photosynthesis.
  • Haverford House fellow Emily Bock '11, with support from the CPGC, organized a discussion of the criminal justice system. Among the panelists: Tyrone Werts, whose life sentence for murder was commuted after he spent 36 years in prison.
  • Haverford heads to Johns Hopkins, host of the conference tournament, to take on the No.1 seed and 25th-ranked Blue Jays on Friday night at 6 p.m. in the first of two semifinals.

  • She will start October 1, shortly after concluding her term as Haverford's Provost.
  • Kuwaiti psychologist Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa spoke on campus about The 99, his comic book series in which the heroes represent the 99 attributes of Allah. While at Haverford he spoke with Henry Elliman '14 about the inspirations for his comics and how they can help fight extremism.
  • Saturday, March 17, 2012
  • On Feb. 15, Kuwaiti psychologist Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa will give a lecture about <em>The 99</em>, his comic book series in which the heroes represent the 99 attributes of Allah, in conjunction with Visiting Associate Professor of Art History Carol Solomon's course“Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey.”

  • The associate professor of Political Science was featured on a segment (which starts at 18:40) on the recent clashes between Tuareg separatists and the Malian government.

  • The associate professor of Political Science weighs in on President Otto Perez Molina's claim that the U.S.'s failure to effectively combat drug trafficking has forced him to consider options such as legalizing the use and transport of drugs.

  • Haverford's former president, a hematologist/oncologist, has been named director of the University's cancer center.

  • The associate professor of political science's Philadelphia Mapping Project is a visual representation of the area's cooperative businesses.

  • The New England newspaper site talks to the author of <em>Iron War, Dave Scott, Mark Allen and the Greatest Race Ever Run</em> about his career writing about running and his interest as a practitioner of the sport itself.

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